Wm. M. Armstrong, Commanders. - 97. Henry W. Ogden, R. F. Stockton, Isaac McKeever, J. P. Zantzinger, Wm. D. Salter, Ch. S. McCauley, T. M. Newell, E. A. F. Lavellette, T. T. Webb, John Percival, John H. Aulick, W. V. Taylor, Bladen Dulany, S. H. Stringham, Isaac Mayo, William Mervine, Thomas Crabb, Thomas Paine, Joseph Myers, Philadelphia. Annapolis, Md. James Armstrong, Joseph Smoot, Samuel L. Breese, Benjamin Page, John Gwinn, Thomas W. Wyman, Andrew Fitzhugh, W. K. Latimer, Hiram Paulding, Uriah P. Levy, Charles Boarman, French Forrest, Wm. Jamesson. Charles Gauntt, William Ramsay, Henry Henry, Samuel W. Downing, John S. Nicholas, Thomas J. Manning, at navy yards, &c., Where and when Do. 2,100 Do. 1,500 Do. 1,200 PURSERS, 64. 1,200 800 750 1,000 CHAPLAINS, 22, in sea service, 400 1,600 Do. on leave, &c., 300 1,800 MASTERS, 28, 1,400 1,750 Do. 1,866 Do. 2,100 PROFESSORS of Mathematics, 22, after passing, &c., at sea after passing, at navy yards, 74 Philadelphia, 74 Gosport, Va., 74 do. after passing, NOTE.-One ration per day, only, is allowed to all officers when attached to vessels for sea service, since the passage of the law of the 3d of March, 1835, regulating the pay of the navy. Teachers receive two rations per day, at 20 cents each. 7. VESSELS OF WAR OF THE UNITED STATES NAVY.-August, 1847. [The names of officers marked thus * have the rank of Commanders; thus †, Lieutenants; the rest are Captains. on other duty, on leave, &c., 1,600 TEACHERS at naval schools, &c., 3, of a ship of the line, on other duty, of ship of the line at sea, 1,100 1,000 750 120 Philadelphia, 1837 *C. K. Stribling, 74 Washington, 1819 T. W. Wyman, Pay. $2,250 2,400 2,700 650 950 850 1,200 950 1,150 Commanded by 1,200 480 750 600 500 360 Where employed. Rec'g ship, Norfolk. On stocks, Ports'th. do. 1814 E. A. F. Lavellette, Pacific Ocean. VIII. 1842 1843 *F. Engle, +W. W. Hunter, Transf'd fm. W. D. Purchased, 6 Philadelphia, *Col. Archibald Henderson, 1841 †S. S. Lee, Commanded by 1836 10. A. Bullus, *Paixhan. Staff of the Marine Corps. * Brigadier-General by brevet. VII. THE MARINE CORPS. The Marine Corps has the organization of a brigade, and numbers now 75 commissioned officers, and 2,320 non-commissioned officers, musicians, and privates; in all, 2,395 men. The pay and allowances of the officers of the marine corps are the same as those of officers of the same grades in the infantry of the army, except the adjutant and inspector, who have the same pay and allowances as the paymaster of the marines. The marine corps is subject to the laws and regulations of the navy, except when detached for service with the army by the order of the President of the United States. A portion of the corps, under Lieut.-Col. Watson, is now with General Scott in Mexico. The head-quarters of the corps are at Washington. Number of contractors, Number of post-routes, Increase in aggregate length of routes over last year, Increase of mail transportation over last year, Expenditures for the year, The receipts fell short of the expenditures, POST-OFFICE ESTABLISHMENT. 1. Post-office Statistics for the year ending June 30, 1846; the first year under the New Law. (Exclusive of Texas.) Home squadron. do. Home squadron. Major Thomas Linton, Capt. Parke G. Howle, Adj. and Inspector † Lieut.-Col. by brevet. During the year, 877 new post-offices were established, and 459 were discontinued. 2,905 postmasters were appointed in consequence of resignations or deaths; 301 for changes of sites of the offices; 877 to new offices; 871 by removals; 4 where commissions expired, and were not renewed; in all, 4,958. States and The mails have been expedited one business day between New York city and New Orleans; 24 hours from Washington to St. Louis and Nashville by the way of Louisville, and 55 hours to St. Louis, by Springfield and Dayton. The Magnetic Telegraph between Baltimore and Washington, including salaries of officers, cost, between the 1st of April, 1845, and the 1st of October, 1846, $9,906.66; and the receipts have been $2,312.38. Between the 1st of December, 1846, and the 4th of March, 1847, the line was kept for its profits, and without aid from the treasury. 2. Table of Mail Service for the year ending June 30, 1846. nual Transportation. Length of Routes. Mode not In Miles. Miles. 2,384 242,684 2,520 3,618 385 280,696 53.250 Miles. Miles. 70,824 1,114,422 62,400 705,348 2,100 727,724 722,204 1,910,810 30,264 158,394 211,176 732,008 1,453,652 4,944,499 223,288 733,841 359,216 2,864,332 150,914 391,768 923,000 515,112 2,420,549 337,272 1,586,748 229,320 1,017,088 330,720 1,228,622 87,984 348,061 617,344 3,098,412 195,312 830,152 475,566 2,937 86,216 173,861 1,212,576 427,400 650,936 4,361 484,328 318,240 4,458 438,412 105,456 2,806 * 149,679 14,079,553 15,537,033 7 781,828 37,398,414 $2,665,078† 1,326,368 197,704 1,456,324 28,704 831,272 46,800 590,668 103,256 225,216 7,488 $629,018 $1,164,590 $870,570 1,788 363,896 13,304 1 812,529 66,040 2,351 228,956 10,021 1,048,260 7,323 582,524 4,605 366,548 5,782 Miles. 444,928 811,626 74,880 156,936 666,952 Total Railroad Transpor- Total Cost. tation. and St'mboat. $40,791 25,409 26,723 105,898 9,102 43,863 237,918 58,850 155,304 7,887 133,679 193,586 172,557 117,959 150,162 44,909 166,954 48,288 68,875 125,291 15,691 8,658 68,259 125,850 91,160 227,412 95,109 56,264 365,960 42,670 Cost, The entire service and pay of the route are set down to the State under which it is numbered, though extending into other States. *Add Texas, 3,186 miles; in all, 152,865 miles. Also, expenses of mail agencies, $42,406; service in Texas, from Feb. 16, 1846, $9,189 ; making in all $2,716,673. |